Introduction:

The interruption of teaching activities imposed by the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic offered a unique opportunity to analyze the extracurricular study habits of medical students, seeking to understand how the lack of a thematic institutional targeting impacted on medical training during the period of social isolation.

Objective:

This study aimed to evaluation of the occurrence, themes, and main sources of studies during the period of suspension of classes in the pandemic.

Method:

Analytical and descriptive study with data collected from a virtual questionnaire applied to medical students of a higher education institution.

Result:

From the complete suspension of local activities, of the 310 participants, 152 (49.0%) students claimed to have studied topics related to the health sciences and 93 (30.0%) studied topics not related to the health sciences area. Statistically, there was an exclusive preference for one area to another (p < 0.001), indicating two study profiles in the period. The most abundant thematic interests were those addressed in virtual medical events, such as conferences or symposia, as well as those related to Covid-19. It stands out as the most cited themes: physiology, medical and general or specialized clinic, anatomy, languages, finance and philosophy.

Conclusion:

Despite the suspension of academic activities, students sought new learning habits according to their intellectual demands, denoting the development of a singularized informal curriculum.

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